[GROOVY-1608] GroovyCastException when accessing a closure's this.getClass()

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-RC-1
• Fix Version/s: 1.0
• Environment: Java 1.5.0_09 on Windows XP
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: Martin C. Martin
• Created: 20/Dec/06 06:44
• Updated: 23/Dec/06 05:41
• Resolved: 23/Dec/06 05:41

Description

The following code:

class ClosureTest {
static void main(args) {
def x =

{ println "owner: "+owner.getClass() println "this: "+this.getClass() }

x()
}
}

Gives the error:

$ groovy ClosureTest.groovy
owner: class java.lang.Class
Caught: org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.GroovyCastException:
Cannot cast object 'class ClosureTest' with class 'java.lang.Class' to
class 'groovy.lang.GroovyObject'
at ClosureTest$_main_closure1.doCall(ClosureTest.groovy:9)
at ClosureTest$_main_closure1.doCall(ClosureTest.groovy)
at ClosureTest.main(ClosureTest.groovy:11)